Can COMPASS Bring Psilocybin’s ‘Magic’ To Depression?
COMPASS Pathways Hopes To Market its Psilocybin Capsule By 2025
Executive Summary
COMPASS is testing a synthetic form of psilocybin, the active “magic mushroom” ingredient, in long-term depression patients, and thinks the capsule can be approved by 2025, its co-founder tells Scrip.
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